Sentences with word «thwack»

She has that stern matronly quality which a part of the British psyche finds attractive, the strong thwack of firm government in times of crisis.

But did you know our bodies give us warning signs of waning health long before we get thwacked with potentially life - threatening illnesses?

This is the politically correct way of saying that Michelle Kwan did not get thwacked on the leg with a bar on her way to Japan.

Love Is Dead's songs, however, don't so much burrow into your brain as thwack you over the head, and the band's tendency to fashion refrains from little more than the song titles means some tracks are memorable simply by dint of merciless repetition.

I love this skill because I'm always stubbornly thwacking away with a Switch Axe

No actual bees were harmed yesterday when Michelle Rhee appeared at the Minneapolis Convention Center yesterday, but a number of hornets» nests got thwacked wide open.

The volleyball team is just the right size for a manageable ensemble, the games are fast - paced and often exciting, and the foley artists have fun with the litany of satisfying thwacks and thunks created by various serves, bumps, sets, and spikes.

By thwacking away you can put together devastating combos, but timed properly with ally attacks you can really have some «yay» moments.

That said, I'd gladly skip those wheels and tires for a suppler - riding wheel and tire combo that hopefully wouldn't thwack as much over rough roads.

As you'd expect, Baloo is the perfect addition to Disney Infinity 3.0 as he oozes with personality and positive vibes, although he'll give enemies a good thwacking with his large palm tree, various fruit, and different parts of his body.

Gently give the baking dish a couple thwacks on the countertop to make sure the milk moves through the oats.

I expected the bumps and thumps and ever stronger thwacks against my ribs, but I did not expect to be startled awake by a foot or a shoulder or whatever it is running down my side.

If you hunt solo, you're accompanied by a cat - pal who is a constant source of amusement, bravely thwacking at a wyvern's legs with a weapon shaped like a ukulele, meowing away, occasionally appearing mounted on the back of a smaller dinosaur or in a little inflatable dinghy.

I love this skill because I'm always stubbornly thwacking away with a Switch Axe

Forward progress at full thwack is, if not exactly rapid, then at least adequate — the QX deceives its driver into thinking it's slower than it is by isolating them from the experience.

It deals reasonably well with slightly uneven tarmac, but larger lumps, bumps and potholes deliver a whopping great thwack into the cabin.

Wright and his colleagues played with the whacky mixture, bouncing it around the lab like a rubber ball, even shattering it with a powerful thwack.

Rose hit the ball with solid thwacks in batting practice, which, he feels, is always a good sign, and he connected even harder once the game began.

With infectious enthusiasm for his subject, Hazen introduces readers to Earth's defining moments, such as the condensation of its first oceans and the Big Thwack that formed the moon.

Happy coconut thwacking!

You may, on occasion, get potently thwacked by a lick of habanero, but it makes the next lick so much sweeter for drama of it all.

Place whole pieces in freezer bag, seal, and start thwacking with a rolling pin.

That poor dude: it's the second time he's been thwacked there in this postseason.

Near center ice, Connor McDavid bats it down with a quick thwack.

Bonds connected with a remarkably loud thwack!

Tech came three points short of a dominant Marshall and settled for a 17 - point thwacking of Illinois in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.

Unfortunate Mandzukic went closer than anyone did to scoring just before the end of a tight first half, meeting another cross from his Colombian teammate only to to see his powerful header thwack the crossbar.

But though his arrow thwacks the red bit of the target, I think it just misses the gold.

But all Cameron had to do was tee it up with a neat little pause and then thwack it into the ether for his backbenchers to roar their acclamation.

We adjust our gait to avoid a patch of ice; we exit to hit the rest stop; we switch to our backhand before thwacking a tennis ball.

Torry leafless thwacks his phoenix az hook up Excite and movies tightly!

But it's also one of the most heart - lassoing»70s radio - pop records since the death of flares, its psychedelic oddness leavened with big gnarly hooks, the emotional thwack of a shattered heart and intimate and bloodied narratives.

Phineas carries his trademark Baseball Shooter, a gun that fires baseballs, while Agent P uses his signature fedora to thwack things.

In Woodcock, all the comedy stems from Thornton's groin - thwacking sadist of a gym coach; here, it's a lot of deadpan «reaction shots» from the doll.

Regardless of how many times Mother thwacks Jack on the side of the head he still insists that the cow is his pet.

The percussive thwack as it comes by — already at more than 200mph — is enough to part your hair, then stand it on end as the Venom disappears in a haze of pulverised runway dust.

Sabin says: «It produced a huge and open soundstage above the dashboard, delivered percussion and drum thwacks with a solid leading edge and natural decay, and offered a very natural and neutral sonic balance with gobs of detail.

When triggered, upshifts are up to 30 percent quicker and downshifts 40 percent quicker than experienced with the already swift F12, and each cog swap from the seven - speed dual - clutch gearbox produces a not - so - gentle thwack on the back.

In fact, the only disruptive noise came from the relentless torrent of insects thwacking the windshield of the Q50.

I suspect that in India, riding on those low - pro tyres, the odd pothole could thwack through, which is why the India - spec SVR is likely to get the 21 - inch wheels with taller, higher profile tyres.

Taller drivers like me appreciate the absence of an occasionally head - thwacking window frame.

The lower - profile rubber makes itself known occasionally over expansion joints, generating a light thwack — if you want a more serene ride, you might want to stick with the standard - issue 19s and forego some of the 20s» glitziness.

Dashing into the narrow space, Alex grabbed the antique eggbeaters and killed the spider with a few decisive thwacks.

A radio can be heard from somewhere, one of the neighbouring houses perhaps, and the muffled thwack of an axe falling on wood.

Unashamedly ridiculous zombie thwack - em - up Dying Light The Following Enhanced Edition has been cut down to # 13.85 at ShopTo on PS4 and Xbox One.

Speaking of weapons, swords were originally meant to be the default weapon but Disney had reservations about the violence that swords represent, yet had no problem with Sora thwacking people with a giant key.

This transforms a bullet - hell endeavour into a question of banking shots and pinball table multikills — a lucky thwack with a wrench might clear out an entire corridor, saving you precious ammo.

You can hear birds chirp, the horse's clops on the rocky terrain, and arrows hit things with a resounding thwack.

An arrow hitting a target has the same thwack, the sound of falling is unchanged, and even the sound of a soldier alerted to Link remains as iconic and yet still unthreatening as ever.

It makes sense that Nintendo would bring its Mushroom Kingdom characters into its sports titles — after all, it's a lot more exciting for a kid to be thwacking balls as Bowser than it is, um, nope, I can barely think of one current tennis pro.